Palin impact minimal so far, poll says

Huh? ZOGBY POLL:
McCain/Palin at 47%, compared to 45% support for Obama/Biden.
Isn't it strange the Globe only reports the CNN poll.
I challange the Globe and Foon Rhee to mention the ZOGBY poll. To not mention ZOGBY would seem to indicate a bias. The ZOGBY poll was conducted Friday through mid-day today. Well Globe?
Just as a reminder Dukakis was 17 points AHEAD at this point when he ran. I'd say McCain will cruise to victory.

No convention bounce for 0bama. That is the real story.

Coming out of the convention, Obama was enjoying his bounce and had an 8 point lead. Now this poll shows that they are virtually tied... with Palin and McCain's convention speeches yet to come. That is a great place to be in before the convention bounce... so clearly her impact has been huge.

Obama is only up by 1 point after the Democratic Convention?!?!? This is absolutely stunning. Obama cannot close the deal, and with McCain-Palin set to launch either this week or next, depending on the Gustav situation, Obama should be very concerned. It is no wonder the Democratic establishment and their elitist Washington friends are attacking Palin with vengence. Dogs don't bark at parked cars. Obama-Biden should be up by 10 points by now. BTW, you notice Hillary Clinton is not attacking Palin. She is not about to bail-out Obama from the arrogance of not even seriously vetting her to be his running mate. If they expect Hillary to save them from Palin, they should look at her convention speech where she refused to declare that Obama was qualified to be President. Hillary doesn't owe Obama squat, and she would more than likely prefer that Obama lose in 2008 so she can run virtually unopposed for the nomination in 2012.

What happened to Obama´s convention bounce? ZERO

I just hope she's not another 4 more years of the same.

Only the Globe could spin this poll so badly. A one point lead after the convention and the "greatest speach ever?" Looks like Palin's going to help big time.

The decision to choose Palin does NOT show Senator McCain's judgement ability in the best light.

I am not at all comfortable having her as the back-up to a 72 year old candidate. Or any candidate, for that matter.

I've been to Europe, Asia, and South America many times and have far more experience in international affairs than this moose-hunting mother of five.

One aspect not taken into account is the bounce in numbers Obama should have received given the DNC Convention last week.

This is not going to work. Those of us voting for Barak Obama never get polled.

Yes, The Boston Globe woudn't be prejustice against the Republicans, would they.

Just because their golden boy, John Kerry called John McCain a PRISONER of the Repulican right. That's tant amount to someone calling Barrack Obama the liberals WHIPPING BOY.

Amazing what Dems get away with.

I wonder if the 20% who "hadn't heard of her" were the people who got the phone call between 1 p.m. and 5 p.m. on Friday? One would hope that they've heard of her by now.

Where can I find this so call "The CNN/Opinion Research Corp. survey" I and a number of people I know watch you guys all the time yet we've never been able to give our opinion.

I about to go back to the abc!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Who in the WORLD would really believe that if mccain found a man w/ the exact same credentials as palin he would have chose him PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I am a Pro Choice Independant for McCain / Palin ticket -

Obama does not keep his promises - ignored 18 m voters with his Biden pick

The only thing that I know about Palin is that I don't know her.

Umm, doesn't a candidate usually get a 5-8 point bounce out of the conventions? NObama ahead by one? Kerry got what a 6 point? Palin minimal impact huh? Not surprising to see the Globe in the tank for NObama.

The headline here is intentionally misleading or the person writing it is simply not very smart. There is no change in the poll numbers between early august and today. The democratic national convention including Obama's speech and Joe Biden's selection as VP nominee. occured in the meantime. How do you know that the choice of Palin didn't significantly reduce Obama's bounce from these events. The headline could have easily read Obama's speech has minimal impact but that would not have the desired effect on your reading public.

So they are tied after a week of Democrat TV? They are tied after the impressive Stadium event? They are tied after Obama in top form promised everything but a chicken in every pot and to put a man on the moon in the next decade?

Get a clue.. millions spend creating a spectacle and political capital spent appeasing the Clinton wing of the party and they are tied before the Republican Convention and they are tied?

The Palin announcement did what it was planned to do.. shut down Obama momentum. Every Sunday show was about McCain Palin not Obama and next week will be the same or about Gustav...

The polls tells us Palin made this a horse race.. between the Promise of change from one who has in 4 years become a party insider and chose Washington DC and someone two who have take risks for change even against their own party.

Write off Palin and lose like has happened over and over in Alaska..

shows how stupid the american public is. This election should be over with the horrible VP choice.

The more correct way to way to look at this poll is that Palin had an equally positive effect on the McCain ticket as Obama's speech had for his own ticket. The two, in effect ,cancelled out. It is incorrect to infer that her selection has no effect. Please report more responsibly.

This poll has it all wrong. What the Sarah Palin pick did was energize the core/ base of the Republican party as no other candidate could have done. Not Romney, not Pawlenty. These are the folks who will man the phone lines contacting voters, who will stuff envelopes, put up yard signs, talk up the candidates in their circle of friends and get them out to vote, who will send letters to the local newspaper editors, etc. etc. THAT is what Sarah Palin brings to the Republican Party.

Albeit a microcosm of political life, Sarah Palin has already energized the so-called "hockey moms" (soccer and football in our case) in our neighborhood. Those who were taking a sideline view of the whole campaign are now out there signing up to volunteer at the local headquarters. They are making donations. They are putting up yard signs. They are talking to their friends who were otherwise on the sidelines about it all. And tell you what......this is in PA, a battleground state! They say that this candidate is someone they can relate to. Someone who at least projects what issues mean the most to them and does not come across as condescending or elitist to them. Small town moms? Tell you what....PA is full of them! Don't be so demeaning Joebama about them....they will come back and bite you hard at the polls. They took offense to what you did to Hillary even though they may not have necessarily voted for her. You messed up Democrats! You messed up big time here in PA during your primary!

What you are ignoring is the polls in between the two that you mentioned. Obama got a huge bounce from the Dem convention and Palin negated the bounce, bringing the race to a virtual tie once again.

So the title of the story (Palin impact minimal....) is obviously unfounded and (purposely, I suspect) misleading as it compares polls far apart to measure the effect of one of a number of events that happened between the polls (Hillary speech, Bill speech, Obama speech, etc.).

Another journalist in the tank for Obama? Not surprised.

Since the polls are unchanged since early August, should the headline therefore be "Obama acceptance speech has no impact" ?
The Globe is like MSNBC, in the tank for Obama....

Only the Boston Globe would say that a mere 1-point lead by Obama after the messiah convention illustrates "no impact" by Palin. Unreal.

I love how people puff up her resume by always bringing up the fact she has five kids. Never has having kids been a prerequisite for public office.... I can't wait to see the debates.

Sarah Palin has all the requirements that are needed to be Vice-President of the United States and President of the U.S. if necessary. No other Republican woman in any leadership position in the U.S. has her qualifications:

PTA past President
One of 6 City Council members
Two term Mayor of city of 6,750 people
Governor of State for 20 Months

sounds like grampa McCain is getting by going against his adviseers advise

So far CNN has been heavily promoting Obama. I would call them Obama's spokesnetwork. The Obama support over these many months invalidates any poll they might take. In other words their believability isn't a big thrill.

Yea well polls are not the whole story ....

"McCain Pick Appears To Bring In $7 Million"

Rasmussen has a poll out that shows what should be very disturbing news for McCain vis a vis the choice of Palin as running mate. Via Andrew Sullivan:

"But among the critical undecideds, the Palin pick made only 6 percent more likely to vote for McCain; and it made 31 percent less likely to vote for him. 49 percent said it would have no impact, and 15 percent remained unsure. More to the point: among undecideds, 59 percent said Palin was unready to be president. Only 6 percent said she was. If the first criterion for any job is whether you're ready for it, this is a pretty major indictment of the first act of McCain's presidential leadership."

The public knows that Sarah Palin is not ready to be President, and it looks like it's going to come at a cost for McCain. Is there anyone who really thinks that more exposure to the national media and a debate with Joe Biden is going to improve these numbers any?

Some American voters may have a favorable opinion of Ms Palin, but in terms of the standing of the USA oversees, she is a complete disaster - a gun-slinging creationist with no foreign experience who wants to increase global warming by opening up Alaska's oil and gas fields to development? It's truly mind-boggling - and there is a significant possibility she could end up being President - I think I'll start digging a bunker...

Sarah Palin is the closest thing to a normal American to ever run for Vice President. She is a real working mum. Someone who used to actually work, with her hands, commercial fishing. She fishes, hunts, her husband races snow mobiles, has worked oil rigs. They have 5 kids and she has gotten to where she is not by marrying a poly, but by working her own way up.

Yeah she is pro-life.....what a horrible person. Lets get real, there is no need for abortion anymore nowdays, except in medical circumstances. Why ?..........because there is so many ways to avoid pregnancy. Pills, patches, implants, condoms, loops, injections, blah blah blah. It ain't the most important thing

Stuart,

I am a married mother with 3 children. Actually there is a need for an abortion. If I were to get pregnant my life would be at risk. If you don't like abortion don't get one. I will do what I need to protect my life and body.

A lot of people are questioning McCain's judgement and his decision making process over his VP pick. I'm questioning Palin's judgement and decision making process. Does she really believe she is ready for the challenges of national and international politics? Ready to step into the Presidency if necessary? Able to stand on her own never mind stand in for McCain on the campaign trail?

According to reports, she had one meeting with McCain and took one day to make this decision.

I think we may have a couple of "deciders" that will "gut" decisions. Sound familiar?

There is a fascinating new drama unfolding. It's called 'Thomas Eagleton: The Sequel.'

In addition to 'Troopergate' and the wedlock issue, just wait until Palin's dealings with Ted Stevens come more fully into the light.

Typical Republicans. They can't keep there own house in order, but are more than willing to tell everyone else how to run theirs.

I'm a "normal American" also. A mom. I've done manual labor. Worked hard. Taken care of my family's expenses. It doesn't give mean I know anything about protecting our country, managing a national budget, or ending a war. (Please DON'T vote for me.)

George W. Bush "talked like an average person" = leading to = a war that shouldn't have happened, an inability to stop Bin Laden, economic recession, no efforts to stop global warming. What does it take for voters to welcome a knowledgeable (not "elitist") candidate?

I'm a "normal American" also. A mom. I've done manual labor. Worked hard. Taken care of my family's expenses. It doesn't give mean I know anything about protecting our country, managing a national budget, or ending a war. (Please DON'T vote for me.)

George W. Bush "talked like an average person" = leading to = a war that shouldn't have happened, an inability to stop Bin Laden, economic recession, no efforts to stop global warming. What does it take for voters to welcome a knowledgeable (not "elitist") candidate?

I am a life long Democrat. Never voted Republican in my life. 63 yo male. Supported Hillary. When Obama muscled his way in I wasn't about to support a Marxist Socialist. McCain. Now with Palin the country has the first choice in place that is truly significant. We need fiscal responsibility, we need ethics, we need competent leadership. You would think voters would be climbing all over this Republican matchup. We will probably not see such a good offering again in many years to come. Embrace it.

Look at the polls now, neocons... obama +8, obama +9, obama +6

picking the female version of dan quayle has done little to help your sinking ship.

On Saturday Night Live when they interviewed Obahma and Biden: Obahma said, if anything happened to him at least Biden would step in. God forbid that McCain gets sick or has another heart attach, the country would have a pretty face who can shoot a rifle and meddles in peoples ovaries.Her political skills are mayor of a hick town of 7000 and a tiny state.

Everyone says sure but Obahma has same experience - that maybe but he has a 23 year experienced senator to step in.

And Hillary supporters aren't stupid to vote for a ticket to end abortion. "Keep your rosaries out my ovaries."

I had eleven (11) children and, surprisingly, no one told me to stay home and watch the kids. Then again, Sarah Palin is a woman so she needs to stay out of politics (and corporate America) until her children are out of college.

signed,

Bobby Kennedy

It's amazing how sexist you people are.

She took on Big Oil, and won. She took on curruption in her own party, and won. She lowered taxes in AK, returned excess monies to the citizens of AK, and cut 1/2 a Billion out of the budget.

There is a reason why 80% of the citizens of Alaska like her.

We should all be so lucky to have such a leader. Keep in mind that George W may have a low approval rating, but at least it's higher than Congress'. And if you added both together you might get half way to Sarah Palin's approval rating.

Keep launching the misogynist, anti small town, vicious attacks. Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned. Just wait till the scorned women cast their votes (52% of the population). And small town folk don't take kindly to being called "Flyover Country"